Health `Disgrace`

September 14, 1989|By William Haskell Jr.

ELMHURST — I am retired and on Medicare, but I believe the time has come for a national health care plan for all citizens. This plan does not have to be fully paid for by the government. Its cost would be shared by everyone-business and industry, employer and employee, retirees and even some of the lower-income people.

The younger generation is having an increasingly difficult time and many workers are not covered by health insurance.

People should not have to rely on employment for adequate medical coverage. They should know that it is there when needed.

We are the only major country in the world without an adequate health care system. Now is the time to stop this health care disgrace.